Table 1:
Characteristics of patients from reports of pulmonary NTM isolation
| Patients included in analysis | Patients excluded from analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive Characteristics | All Counties | Durham County | Orange County | Wake County | All counties |
| Total number of patients | 507 | 164 | 95 | 248 | 70 |
| Incidence rate per 100,0001 | 8.8 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 6.2 | 9.5 |
| Average age in years (SD)2 | 60.0 (19.2) | 60.0 (18.2) | 63.0 (19.3) | 58.9 (19.7) | 61.7 (17.2) |
| Number of females (%)3 | 262 (51.8%) | 94 (57.3%) | 53 (55.8%) | 115 (46.6%) | 41 (59.4%) |
| Number of patients by race (%)4 | |||||
| White | 337 (70.5%) | 101 (65.6%) | 70 (76.9%) | 166 (71.2%) | 38* (57.6%) |
| Black | 95 (19.9%) | 36 (23.4%) | 11 (12.1%) | 48 (20.6%) | 22* (33.3%) |
| Other races | 46 (9.6%) | 17 (11.0%) | 10 (11.0%) | 19 (8.2%) | 6* (9.1%) |
1
Cumulative incidence rate over 5 years, total population only of included blocks in each county,
2
Age missing for 3,
3
Sex missing for 1,
4
Race missing for 29,
*
p<0.05 (compared to all included counties)